Chapter 1091: Surrender

"General, Ubatu has been completely brought under our control."

Just as Chang Wei was feeling sentimental, Chen Hu returned on horseback.

Two hours have passed since the Gun Cavalry launched their attack.

With the Gun Cavalry and the Central Army Infantry coordinating with each other, the entire Ubatu is now in their grasp.

Having confirmed the safety of Ubatu, he came over to report.

"Was Wulanba captured?" Chang Wei asked.

Chen Hu nodded and laughed, "It's truly a joke; this brat and a Ross person named Ivan didn't manage to escape, and even disguised themselves as herdsmen to hide among the captives. Who would have thought that the Northern Di herdsmen themselves would report them, and we caught them red-handed."

"Hahaha..." At Chen Hu's words, Chang Wei, Bai Shang, and the other generals all laughed.

When the laughter ceased, Chang Wei said loudly, "This Wulanba is nothing but a good-for-nothing, the only thing he knows how to do is kneel before the Ross people and call them 'Daddy'."

Hearing this, the generals burst into laughter once more.

Immediately, Chang Wei waved his hand and said to the generals, "Let's go, let us go see this son of Mule Hongzhen, and when the time comes, we will send him to Yancheng to be locked up with his real father."

The generals nodded one after another and followed behind Chang Wei as he walked forward.

At this moment, just as Chen Hu had said, the Gun Cavalry and the Central Army soldiers had completely taken control of the Khan Court.

The Gun Cavalry and the Infantry coordinated with each other, splitting the Northern Di into segments and keeping them under guard.

The many Northern Di were all dejected, squatting on the ground.

This scene made Chang Wei and the other generals feel refreshed.

Before long, Chang Wei arrived at the place where Wulanba and Ivan were being detained and saw the battered and bruised Wulanba and Ivan.

As for whether they were beaten by the Great Song soldiers or by the Northern Di themselves, Chang Wei couldn't be bothered to care.

He simply looked at him and said, "Wulanba, are you convinced now?"

Wulanba was already in despair; he raised his head to look at Chang Wei, his pupils dilating slightly, "So it was you."

In the successive wars between the Northern Di and Great Song, he had seen Chang Wei from afar and recognized his face.

Suddenly sneering, he said: "I didn't expect that the favorite general of the Emperor of Great Song, Zhao Xu, would be so despicable as to scheme to harm me."

"Hahaha..." Wulanba's words did not anger Chang Wei and the generals, but instead provoked a wave of mocking laughter.

Chang Wei laughed twice and said, "This general has truly heard the funniest joke of the year. If I remember correctly, the plan to introduce Smallpox into Yanzhou back then was designed by you and this fake Missionary from the Ross country beside you, right?"

"This..." Wulanba's face flushed red instantly, and he stammered, unable to speak.

Finally, he simply said, "Stop the nonsense. I, Wulanba, am here; do whatever you want with me."

Chang Wei nodded, "I won't deal with you; let your father, Mule Hongzhen, deal with you. When he sees you, he will surely be in despair; his son has personally buried the entire Northern Di."

"What! My father is not dead!" A monstrous wave suddenly surged in Wulanba's heart, and then extreme fear welled up within him, "I don't want to see him, I don't want to see him."

He knew very well that if his father learned that the Khan Court had been destroyed and all the Northern Di had become captives of Great Song, he would surely strangle him to death.

"That is not up to you." Chang Wei dropped this sentence and turned to leave.

At the same time, he glanced at Ivan; how to deal with this one required the orders of the Emperor of Great Song, Zhao Xu.

After all, they could use Ivan to pass messages to Nikolai the Great of the Ross country.

Leading the generals through rows of camps, they arrived before a golden tent in the center, and Chang Wei stopped his steps.

Staring at this golden tent for a long time, he said to Lv Chang at his side, "Set a fire and burn it."

Responding with an "aye," Lv Chang ordered the soldiers to bring torches and throw them onto the tent.

Instantly, huge flames shot into the sky, engulfing the entire tent.

"General, a Northern Di general wants to see you." Just as the fire was burning fiercely, a soldier came to Chang Wei's side.

Bai Shang frowned upon hearing this, "Who does he think he is? Can he see our General just because he wants to?"

"He says he is the King of the Red Flame Royal Tent, Kelin," the soldier continued.

Chen Hu nodded after hearing this, "There is such a person. When Xue Jian raided the Red Flame Royal Tent, he led his troops and fled in defeat. According to the captured Northern Di, after the defeat in Yongzhou, this Kelin and Wulanba were both candidates for the Khan Court. It was only because Wulanba relied on his father's remaining prestige that he was able to inherit the Khan position."

"Is that so? Since that is the case, bring him over and see what he has to say," Chang Wei said, feeling somewhat curious.

Before long, the dying Kelin was dragged over by the Central Army soldiers.

Throwing Kelin onto the ground, two soldiers stood guard on either side.

At this moment, Kelin struggled, managed to crawl up, and finally knelt on one knee, looking toward Chang Wei.

Like Wulanba, he had also seen Chang Wei before and therefore recognized him.

"General Chang, although I know I am no longer qualified to bargain with the people of Great Song, I still want to ask you to convey to His Majesty, the Emperor of Great Song, to please give us Northern Di a way to survive. I am willing to represent the Northern Di and submit to Great Song." After hesitating for a moment, Kelin said slowly.

Chang Wei and the generals were all slightly taken aback upon hearing this.

Then they recovered, and Bai Shang said angrily, "You think too highly of yourself. Now that you have completely lost, you think of submitting? We do not accept. From now on, don't even think about running rampant on the Grassland; you can only be slaves to the people of Great Song."

Kelin was not angry and smiled bitterly, "This General, you have misunderstood. My meaning is not to seek freedom for the Northern Di; we are willing to atone for our sins as slaves, only asking to live. But between being forced into slavery and being willing to be slaves, isn't the latter more beneficial to Great Song?"

Pausing, he continued, "If I can persuade the other kings to submit to Great Song together, from now on the Northern Di will be the most loyal slaves of Great Song. Moreover, we owe Great Song many blood debts; you people of Great Song have almost exterminated my Northern Di, so let us use our slavery to repay the rest."

"Furthermore, not every Northern Di is willing to submit to the Ross country; we would rather live as Easterners," Kelin said finally.

Kelin's words made Chang Wei ponder for a while.

In fact, one could see from their policy of not killing those who surrender that they were not trying to slaughter the Northern Di to the last man; it was more for revenge and conquest.

Now, this goal had been achieved; the Northern Di perished the moment the Khan Court was captured.

But the problem they had to face next was the vast expanse of the Grassland.

At present, the territory under the rule of Great Song was constantly expanding, while the population could not grow in a short time.

It was impossible for them to migrate their precious population to the Grassland to herd.

If the Northern Di could sincerely submit and be assimilated by Great Song from then on, it was also acceptable.

Just like how they treated vassal states like Gaoli and Jiaozhi.

The dead people of Great Song—their vengeance had already been avenged.

Now, they need these conquered people to create benefits for the Song People and serve the Song People who are alive today.

However, this point still requires the final decision of the Emperor, Zhao Xu.